Flamengo

Clube de Regatas Flamengo: Official Club Flag

Flamengo is a district in Rio de Janeiro. The name means a native of
Flanders.Auriel de Almeida, 13 March 2002

Licensed Fan Flag

by
Alexandre Pessoa

I believe the second most sold flag in Brazil is C.R. Flamengo flag, our most
popular soccer club. Pablo Duarte, 15 March 1997

The photograph of the club president at the official club website
shows him standing between the Brazilian flag and the flag shown above as the
official club flag. Elsewhere on the web I have seen the flag sent by Alexandre
for sale as "bandeira torcedor," or "fan flag."Joseph McMillan, 8
March 2002

Unofficial Flamengo Flags

by Carlos Noronha and Jorge Candeias

by Carlos Noronha and
Jorge Candeias

Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club: Official Flag

by Auriel de
Almeida

Fluminense is the adjective meaning "from the State of Rio de
Janeiro."Auriel de Almeida, 13 March 2002

Vasco

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama: Official Flag

by Joseph
McMillan

This is the flag of Vasco da Gama, one of the most popular
teams in Brazil. Fernandoa Loureiro, 21 January 2000

At
the club website they say the eight stars on the flag stand for the
Championship won by the club in 1945, the two South American Championships in 1948
and 1998, the Mercosul/Mercosur Championship in 2000, and the four Brazilian
Championships in 1974, 1989, 1997 and 2000. Note that the name is "Club"
and not the expected "Clube" in Portuguese. Francisco Santos, 26 May 2003

Vasco da Gama was a famous Portuguese navigator.Auriel de Almeida,
13 March 2002

A note on names

Many Brazilian football clubs are named some variant of "clube de regatas,"
or regatta club. This is because the clubs began as rowing clubs and only later
took up football. That is also why the flags of Flamengo and Corinthians have
crossed oars as part of their badges.